Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me.

Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense.

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.

There is a great difference between believing in something and believing in it again.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

Too much is unwholesome.